Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Physics, B.S.Ed.


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The Physics B.S.Ed. program leads to a teaching certification in Physics at the secondary education level.

Credit Requirements*


  • General Education: 47 credits
  • Major Requirements: 83 - 84 credits
  • Free Electives: 0 credits
  • Total Credits to Graduate: 130 - 131 credits

* All undergraduate degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits.  Some courses meet multiple requirements, but are only counted once toward the 120 credit total required to graduate.

Additional Degree Requirements. (39 crs.)


General Education


General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements Specific for this major

Advising Notes:


  1. Semester I: MATH 211, PHYS 107
  2. Semester II: MATH 212, PHYS 221
  3. Students are recommended to complete 1 semester of Calculus before starting the intermediate physics sequence.
  4. Chemistry should be taken in the junior year. Exceptional students may take it earlier.
  5. Computer Science I should be taken early in the program. 

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